Shahmir Khaliq, global head of Treasury and Trade Solutions for Citi, says that in order to succeed in today’s quickly digitizing payments landscape, merchants must focus on delivering in three key areas: choice, convenience, and speed. Find out why in The Connected Economy’s Power Source – CEO...
Kristian Gjerding, CEO of CellPoint Digital, explains why payments orchestration is so critical to a modern payments ecosystem –and how it could help firms recover after the economic devastation of the pandemic. Read his expert insights in The Connected Economy’s Power Source – CEO Edition. ...
Dave O’Brien, CEO of Agreement Express, discusses how rapid changes in the payments industry have put pressure on merchants to adapt and deliver an omnichannel experience for customers. Find his insights and recommendations in The Connected Economy’s Power Source – CEO Edition. The simplest way to...
Coinbase’s April 14 IPO was the stock market event that launched a thousand superlatives. A “watershed moment,” a “rocket” that analysts said would see its stock price double and a “landmark moment for crypto” are but a few of the headlines marking its debut as...
Without rehashing the COVID calamity yet again, suffice to say it’s bad for most — but not all. PYMNTS April 2021 Payments Innovation Readiness Playbook, a Spreedly collaboration, looks at triumphs and tragedies from this strange time, with a special focus on the hurting travel sector....
Businesses worldwide are still reeling from the pandemic’s impact, with the travel and hospitality sectors hit harder than most. Some of the most innovative hospitality businesses reported losing as much as 70 percent of their bookings in 2020, with those bookings adding up to a...
Netflix first introduced its streaming service in the U.S. in January of 2007. It landed with a bit of a thud with analysts and pundits. Media accounts then poo-poohed its impact, claiming that users would have to <gasp> download a piece of software onto a...
In Australia – eventually, perhaps – one rail to rule them all? To that end, an effort to consolidate payments rails’ efforts and – is underway across the nation’s three payment schemes. As noted in an application to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC),...
Consumers don’t want to think about payments – they just want them to work. The underlying methods that make up payments – credit, debit, gift card balance, ACH – are best left unseen, but that doesn’t mean a little education isn’t in order. Just as...
